Category: New York City Ballet
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observations 11/27
Roddy Doble will dance the principal role of the Snow King opposite Ashley Ellis' Snow Queen in Boston Ballet's December 4th performance of The Nutcracker. Roddy was a standout performer in everything he danced…
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observations 11/14
Excellent all around casting for New York City Ballet's first week of The Nutcracker. First week's rotation:Sterling Hyltin & Andrew Veyette with Sara Mearns as DDRebecca Krohn & Amar Ramasar with Abi Stafford as…
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NYCB – Wendy’s Farewell
What a happy, positive energy-filled, forward-looking Farewell Evening to Wendy Whelan it was. A local Haglund’eeler spotted this clip of the last few minutes of Wendy’s actual dancing on the NYCB Facebook page which…
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NYCB – autumnal bliss
It’s hard to believe that we’ve begun the final week of New York City Ballet’s fall season. The company is dancing with such strength and so vividly that it’s a shame we have to…
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NYCB – Chaconne in beautiful harmony 10/8
After getting a shot in the arm for flu season on Wednesday afternoon, Haglund proceeded to ensconce himself in a plush seat at New York City Ballet in the evening for what turned out…
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observations 10/8
Only a couple of more chances to see Alexei Ratmansky's new Pictures at an Exhibition during the fall season at New York City Ballet – this Thursday and Saturday evening. Ratmansky may still be…
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NYCB – the art is alive! 10/2
If you ever find yourself in the Städtische Galerie in Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany at 6pm closing time, you may want to get out of there fast before the security guards turn out the art…
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NYCB 9/24-25 – our kind of balanced programing
All Balanchine + (1/2 Tschaikovsky + 1/2 Stravinsky) = balanced programing in NYC. Oh, the master ballet justice scales can seem cruel at times to those who try to slip underweight packages onto our…
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NYCB Fall Gala – 9/23
What a terrific, positive energy-filled evening of dance to open New York City Ballet’s fall season even though a lot of people had the night off: the brass, the percussion, and the corps de…
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NYC opens its culture door to ALL residents
and it’s not another poor door eitherRegardless of what one may think of Mayor de Blasio’s mayoral aptitude, he will get an A+ grade from many more New York City residents today in response to his announced New York City…
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NYCB opens Tuesday
NYCB opens its Fall Season this coming Tuesday, and there is lots to be excited about during just the first two weeks including: Ashley Bouder’s debut in Duo Concertant opposite Robert Fairchild Tiler Peck’s…
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Collaborations:
On a Grass Field & vacating W 75 with styleGive dancers a little time off and they will frequently make productive use of it by – dancing, often in unique collaborations and in unorthodox places. On Saturday, September 20th, the Golden Door International…
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NYCB – It’s time to bring on the chicks
One month from today, New York City Ballet opens the Fall Season of what is sure to be an extraordinary year. The programing philosophy is a good one this fall: test out all of…
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observations 8/16
The good news is that memberships in the 4th Ring Society aka Society NYCB will be renewed again this year. Our members, mostly old geezers and geezerettes on fixed incomes who have been hobbling…
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observations 6/19
And now Megan Fairchild, too?! Broadway World is reporting that NYCB's Megan Fairchild will make her Broadway debut as Ivy Smith in the revival of On the Town which is set to open at…